‘Mary Poppins’ star Glynis Johns, who sang Sondheim’s ‘Send in the Clowns,’ dead at 100
January 4, 2024
9,196
134
18
1.65%
Search the Record
IndexedEvery word spoken in this episode is indexed. Type any phrase to jump straight to the moment it was said.
Type any word or phrase that may have been spoken. Click a result to seek the player to that exact moment.
Try a name, a topic, or a quoted line
New York Post Episodes Around January 4, 2024
See what was published immediately before and after this episode.
0:57Now Playing‘Mary Poppins’ star Glynis Johns, who sang Sondheim’s ‘Send in the Clowns,’ dead at 100
YouTube Description
as posted by the channelGlynis Johns, the actress famous for her role as Mrs. Banks in “Mary Poppins,” has died. She was 100.
After a career spanning eight decades, Johns died Thursday of natural causes at an assisted living facility in Hollywood, her manager, Mitch Clem, told the Hollywood Reporter.
Born in South Africa in 1923, Johns had a theatrical family – her father, Mervyn Johns, was a Welsh actor, and her mother, Alyce Steele-Wareham, was an Australian-born concert pianist.
“My father taught me to listen to what the other actors are saying,” she told the New York Times in 1973.
She grew up in England, where she became a dancer, singer, pianist and actress. By 10, she’d won more than 24 gold medals in dance competitions, and earned a degree to teach ballet. 1
Read more at
#glynisjohns #marypoppins
The New York Post is your source for breaking news, news about New York, sports, business, entertainment, opinion, real estate, culture, fashion, and more.
Subscribe to New York Post Sports
Catch the latest news here
Follow The New York Post on:
Guests & Subjects Covered
Sentinel Indexing in Progress
Metadata and chapters are available. Claim extraction for this episode is pending.
All video content is delivered via YouTube embedded players in accordance with the YouTube Terms of Service. Sentinel provides research tools that promote discovery and accountability across political media.